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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
5.0
Edit:
It is times like these that I'm reminded of how powerful this book is. I don't know about you but I need to read more books by black writers (I've only read a few) and support them. In case you still haven't picked up this book now is the time. Read all kinds of books by black writers not just those about racial injustice.
What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?
Remember staying neutral means you have chosen the side of the oppressors. Listen to black people. Support their businesses and books etc. Don't act like you're a saviour by doing the normal. Don't talk like "what about them" Palestinians etc. Saying black lives matter does not negate any other lives worth. When talking about Palestinians you don't bring up black people either. If you're white don't compare your problems to racial injustice and say it happens to you too. In fact if you do something like that you're racist and fuck you stay away. Speak against any racist comments you see and stop them. Growing up South Asian a lot of us were taught in colourism and racism. Speak against it. Sign petitions, protest and donate if you can. Remember their names and don't let them become hashtags. Actively be Anti Racist. No kid deserves to be afraid that they'd be shot by cops while being innocent. No black parents deserve to give that kind of The talk to their children. Enough is enough. It's literally the 21st century and somehow white supremacists are still free to commit murder be accomplices and go absolutely free.
To black friends seeing this:
“Your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter. Be the roses that grow in the concrete.”
Black lives matter. Not just now. They've always mattered. They'll always matter. So remember this even if the media forgets it.
'The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody'
__________________
people like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. I think we all wait for that one time though, that one time when it ends right.
Maybe this can be it.
There are a few books that you remember for the rest of your of your life. This is one of them.
I did primary school from London. I honestly don't think I ever felt left out, there were people of every colour including mine. But there were a few kids that called people of my colour "freshies" but I didn't think it was such a big deal. Now that I think of of it, I find it weird that even kids in primary school used this word to discriminate people of my colour for our culture, accents etc.
I honestly can't say anything about this book that hasn't been said. But believe me this book is so worth the hype.
One of my favourite parts of this book was the family dynamics. Don't you just hate it when parents don't say much in YA books. This book has realistic parents.
This book is beautiful and everyone needs to read it
It is times like these that I'm reminded of how powerful this book is. I don't know about you but I need to read more books by black writers (I've only read a few) and support them. In case you still haven't picked up this book now is the time. Read all kinds of books by black writers not just those about racial injustice.
What's the point of having a voice if you're gonna be silent in those moments you shouldn't be?
Remember staying neutral means you have chosen the side of the oppressors. Listen to black people. Support their businesses and books etc. Don't act like you're a saviour by doing the normal. Don't talk like "what about them" Palestinians etc. Saying black lives matter does not negate any other lives worth. When talking about Palestinians you don't bring up black people either. If you're white don't compare your problems to racial injustice and say it happens to you too. In fact if you do something like that you're racist and fuck you stay away. Speak against any racist comments you see and stop them. Growing up South Asian a lot of us were taught in colourism and racism. Speak against it. Sign petitions, protest and donate if you can. Remember their names and don't let them become hashtags. Actively be Anti Racist. No kid deserves to be afraid that they'd be shot by cops while being innocent. No black parents deserve to give that kind of The talk to their children. Enough is enough. It's literally the 21st century and somehow white supremacists are still free to commit murder be accomplices and go absolutely free.
To black friends seeing this:
“Your voices matter, your dreams matter, your lives matter. Be the roses that grow in the concrete.”
Black lives matter. Not just now. They've always mattered. They'll always matter. So remember this even if the media forgets it.
'The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody'
__________________
people like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. I think we all wait for that one time though, that one time when it ends right.
Maybe this can be it.
There are a few books that you remember for the rest of your of your life. This is one of them.
I did primary school from London. I honestly don't think I ever felt left out, there were people of every colour including mine. But there were a few kids that called people of my colour "freshies" but I didn't think it was such a big deal. Now that I think of of it, I find it weird that even kids in primary school used this word to discriminate people of my colour for our culture, accents etc.
I honestly can't say anything about this book that hasn't been said. But believe me this book is so worth the hype.
One of my favourite parts of this book was the family dynamics. Don't you just hate it when parents don't say much in YA books. This book has realistic parents.
This book is beautiful and everyone needs to read it